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Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)

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Research works
64
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
810
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)

Not ranked overall: Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) work in?

In all years, 94% of research at Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (59%), Environmental Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 94.3% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 58.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 19.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 16.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKPolaris SensorTechnologies…64fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3858.7%
    2. Environmental Science711.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy57.8%
    4. Computer Science45.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.7%
    6. Chemistry23.2%
    7. Materials Science11.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering11.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Neuroscience11.7%
    1. Medicine10.8%
    1. Social Sciences00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 5.62× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.55× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.43×2 works
  2. Chemistry5.62×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.40×1 works
  4. Engineering3.55×7 works
  5. Environmental Science0.77×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.55×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.38×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.21×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Larry Pezzaniti, David B. Chenault and Larry Pezzaniti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States).

  1. 1 J. Larry Pezzaniti United States · #2,553,478 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 David B. Chenault United States · #4,139,893 worldwide 2.8k citations · 106 works
  3. 3 Larry Pezzaniti United States · #4,141,721 worldwide 114 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Art Lompado United States · #4,489,449 worldwide 178 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Richard Edmondson United States · #4,824,349 worldwide 33 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Justin P. Vaden United States · #5,063,005 worldwide 74 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)?

The most cited paper from Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) is "Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications" (J. Scott Tyo, Dennis L. Goldstein, David B. Chenault et al., 2006), with 1,715 citations. Next come "A division of aperture MWIR imaging polarimeter" (133) and "Radiative transfer theory verified by controlled laboratory experiments" (57).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review of passive imaging polarimetry for remote sensing applications J. Scott Tyo, Dennis L. Goldstein, David B. Chenault et al. · Applied Optics 19 Jul 2006 1,715
2 A division of aperture MWIR imaging polarimeter J. Larry Pezzaniti, David B. Chenault · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 18 Aug 2005 133
3 Radiative transfer theory verified by controlled laboratory experiments Michael I. Mishchenko, Dennis H. Goldstein, Jacek Chowdhary et al. · Optics Letters Open access 3 Sep 2013 57
4 Measured comparison of the crossover periods for mid- and long-wave IR (MWIR and LWIR) polarimetric and conventional thermal imagery Melvin Felton, Kristan P. Gurton, J. Larry Pezzaniti et al. · Optics Express Open access 9 Jul 2010 56
5 Microbolometer-infrared imaging Stokes polarimeter J. Larry Pezzaniti · Optical Engineering Jun 2009 42
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Monte Carlo Simulation, Imaging Spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Detection, Infrared, Small Target and On-Orbit Performance.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing19▲ 27×11 topics
  2. Monte Carlo Simulation10▲ 52×3 topics
  3. Imaging Spectroscopy10▲ 958×1 topic
  4. Polarimetry10▲ 958×1 topic
  5. Detection6▲ 30×2 topics
  6. Deep Learning6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Infrared5▲ 261×1 topic
  8. Small Target5▲ 261×1 topic
  9. On-Orbit Performance4▲ 292×1 topic
  10. Radiometric Calibration4▲ 292×1 topic
  11. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Classification3▲ 12×1 topic
  13. Hyperspectral3▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Image Analysis3▲ 65×2 topics
  15. Machine Vision3▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy2▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Climate2▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Multivariate Calibration2▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Variable Selection2▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Spectroscopy2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  22. Biomedical Imaging2▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Computer Vision2▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Deepwater Horizon2▲ 256×1 topic
  25. Oil Spill Detection2▲ 256×1 topic
  26. Aquaculture2▲ 10×1 topic
  27. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 137×1 topic
  28. Photon Counting2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Virtual Reality2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Water Quality Monitoring2▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Satellite Observations2▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Air Quality1▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Cancer Detection1▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Backpropagation Learning1▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Self-Organizing Maps1▲ 23×1 topic
  37. High-Speed Imaging1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Infrared Spectroscopy1▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 8.1×1 topic
  40. Silicon Photonics1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry: 1 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…1Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observation…1Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 0 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…0Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 0 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 0 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 0 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAnalytical ChemistryComputational Mechanics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  5. 5 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available6.4%not open93.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000035% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States)0.000021% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Polaris Sensor Technologies (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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